Once Again, There are No Easy Cases in Genealogy
As I’ve reviewed my recent research efforts, I found that I’ve got bits and pieces of things everywhere. So the goal for the rest of the year is to bring those bits and pieces together, organize them, and see what we’ve really got. To do that I’m going to concentrate on the two “core” families, the Mansons and the Gines …
July 9, 2012 Monday at 7:00 pm
Mom’s Birthday
This first week of July has seen an embarrassment of riches to write about; I almost couldn’t decide where to start. But my mother’s birthday seems like an appropriate place to begin. My mother turns 80 this year. Like my father, Mom was born into a poor family; however, unlike Dad, hers was an urban, not rural, poverty. She was …
July 7, 2012 Saturday at 5:17 pm
My Permanent Record
“It’ll go on your permanent record!” We found out in the last post that that’s no idle threat, at least in New Mexico. Last week I received a portion of my permanent record from the Albuquerque Public Schools. I attended APS from second grade to tenth grade before my family moved to California. The portion of my record shown below …
July 3, 2012 Tuesday at 9:18 pm
Kudos: Albuquerque Public Schools
As you all know, one of our GeneaBlogie values is “Give credit where credit is due.” So we always like to recognize excellence. Today we thank and recognize the Albuquerque Public Schools and, particularly, Kathleen Nelson of the APS Digital Imaging and Archives Center. I called Ms. Nelson late on a Friday afternoon to inquire about the availability of some …
July 3, 2012 Tuesday at 8:21 pm
O Canada!
Today is Canada Day (Fete du Canada)! Today marks the 145th anniversary of the British North America Act 1867 (now known as the Constitution Act 1867) which is the foundational element of the Constitution of Canada. The Act set in motion the events that have resulted in modern Canada, a federal parliamentary democracy of ten provinces and three territories. Canada …
July 1, 2012 Sunday at 3:59 pm
I’m Back!!
Yes! After months of the thick fog of personal and family health issues, we’re seeing a light through the clouds. So I’ll be here again on a regular basis. I’m starting out by focusing on my Gines family, their origins in America, and the scattering of the family far and wide. We’ll talk about how I know what I …
June 30, 2012 Saturday at 5:30 pm
Something to Do This Memorial Day
General Orders No. 11, Grand Army of the Republic Headquarters. I. The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the …
May 26, 2012 Saturday at 7:54 pm
Shades – Earth Day/Birthday edition
It was a dark and stormy night. In fact it had been a dark and stormy day. My name’s Craig and I work out of the 99th precinct. But tonight I was on a caper of my own. It was raining (did I mention it was a dark and stormy night?), So I pulled my trench coat around me …
April 22, 2012 Sunday at 12:37 am
1940 Census Release: Meanwhile, Back in New Mexico. . .
. . . The Santa Fe New Mexican reported in an AP wire story that “130,000 enumerators are going to ring 40,000,000 doorbells between April 1 ad April 30 and ask three and quarter billion questions.” Pre-census estimates put the U.S. population at about 132,000,000. (Apr 1, 1940, p. 3) . . . The Albuquerque Journal said that 1000 enumerators …
April 1, 2012 Sunday at 10:17 pm
Celebrating a Census Release: It was 1940 When . . .
. . . Walt Disney’s Pinocchio made its cinematic debut (Feb 7). . . . Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar for Gone With the Wind, becoming the first African-American Academy award winner (Feb 29). . . . Hitler and Mussolini decided to fight Britain and France (Mar 18). . . . Germany invaded Denmark and Norway (Apr 9). . . …
April 1, 2012 Sunday at 9:17 pm
